humiliation

[ hyoo-mil-ee-ey-shuhn or, often, yoo- ]

/ hyuˌmɪl iˈeɪ ʃən or, often, yu- /

an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.

the state or feeling of being humiliated; mortification.

Origin of humiliation

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin humiliātiōn- (stem of humiliātiō). See humiliate, -ion

2 degradation, dishonor. See shame.

re·hu·mil·i·a·tion, noun self-hu·mil·i·a·tion, noun

Nude prisoners were kept in a central area, and walked around as a form of humiliation.

Inside the CIA’s Sadistic Dungeon |Tim Mak |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And she prefers living with other women who understand the humiliation she went through.

Escaping Assad’s Rape Prisons: A Survivor Tells Her Story |Jamie Dettmer |October 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The humiliation of the Hill-Thomas hearings was still too fresh for them.

And Now Mitch McConnell Is the ‘Pro-Woman’ Candidate! |Eleanor Clift |October 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There are many members of the commentariat who seek not to help but to correct by humiliation.

America’s Meddlers Are Our Worst Enemies |Stefan Beck |October 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

But perhaps most damaging of all was the retelling of an act of humiliation on a female student.

Is Rand Paul Christian Enough for the GOP? |Olivia Nuzzi |August 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In some way they conceived the idea that Bones Shadduck was primarily responsible for their humiliation.

The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron |Graham B. Forbes
But he was determined to spare the repentant traitor the humiliation of owning a fault and accepting a pardon.

The History of England from the Accession of James II. |Thomas Babington Macaulay
On Good Friday the Vaudois observed the day according to the usage of their church, by fasting and humiliation.

The Vaudois of Piedmont |John Napper Worsfold
The danger and the humiliation of this were fully recognized.

A History of The Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2, |Henry Charles Lea
The humiliation of striped clothes he was spared; that barbarity had been done away with by law.

Frank of Freedom Hill |Samuel A. Derieux